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Heidi’s Top 30 Songs!
I am an avid Facebooker (don’t know if that is something to brag about or seek professional help for)…and for November I decided that I would do the 30 days of Thanksgiving. Each day you post something that you are grateful for. On day 3 I posted that I am thankful for music. I believe…
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Columbus, the passing of a friend, and tearing down house…lessons in friendship (essay from 7/10/2010)
When something is bothering me, the way that I deal with it is to write about it. Being able to express my feelings on paper or computer helps me to process through things. So here I go… A few weeks ago, I met with two of my good friends from college. We had a girls…
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Modern Family
Yesterday my family paid their final respects to a wonderful lady. Kate was my dad’s ex-wife and the mom of my three oldest siblings. I am the youngest of 6 children. All six of us have the same dad but not the same mom. Confused? So are a lot of people. You throw in my…
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Lift up your eyes and step…
In the women’s Bible study I lead, we are studying the Psalms of Ascent with a Beth Moore’s Stepping Up study. Today is our third week. In two weeks our women’s ministry is hosting our first women’s retreat at the Holodome in Toledo! The theme is The TIme is Now. We have 60+ women coming. As I have…
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Heidi Unplugged!
Prior to going to Jamaica, one of the things that I looked most forward to was the unplugging. “Heidi unplugged” was what I was calling it! No cell phone, no texting, no returning phones calls, etc. Sounded like heaven to me! I just did not realize how much more God wanted to unplug me!…
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Jamaica: The beginning!
It has been awhile since I have blogged. I had made a goal of blogging once a week…sigh…obviously I have not done a great job of keeping that goal! In August I had the incredible opportunity to go to Jamaica on a missions trip with 12 other people from my church and two other churches.…
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The Sweater
This past Monday, as I was putting my winter clothes away and pulling out my spring/summer stuff, I came across a sweater that I purchased from Goody’s while I was in college some 17+ years ago J. It is not the most attractive sweater; it’s 100% acrylic and incredibly itchy (it was cheap…I was a…
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March Musings
I haven’t written in awhile…don’t quite know why that is…maybe because my goal was to blog once a week and anytime I set a goal, I manage to do the exact opposite and never meet it! (Maybe my goal should be to gain 50 pounds 🙂 ) Actually, an unexpected illness and subsequent stays in…
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Tone-Deaf and Proud of it!
The Gong Show: The Beginning Singing. I have always loved singing. When I was 8 years old, the Vermilion Fish Festival (my town’s yearly festival honoring all things dealing with fish) decided to have a gong show as part of the festivities. Much to my brother and sister’s chagrin, I entered the contest. They begged…
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Black Friday vs. Thanksgiving: a tale of a girl’s first Black Friday
Black Friday. I have never taken part in it. Never observed it. Never had the desire. And never will again. This year after the coaxing of some die-hard black Friday shopper friends, I decided to go and observe. I lasted two hours. Our first stop was Target. It opened up at midnight. There was a…
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